Babbitt-metal package.



' no. 674,118; Patented May [4, mm.

H. L. LEMON.

' BABBITT mam. PACKAGE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERTL. LEMON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N o. 674,1 18, dated. May 14, 1901.

Application filed July 29, 1897- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT L. LEMON, a citizen of the United States, residing in Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Im provement in Babbitt Metal Packages, of which the following is a specification.

It is now customaryin putting up Babbitt metal for sale to mold it in ingots of a convenient size and at the time of molding to results in injuring its quality and action, be-

' meltings are Sgt to inju cause it must in that case be again melted when the metal is finallywa'st, and the two theflux, if they do not entirely prive it 0 its power. By my invention I propose to unite the flux with the metal in such a manner as to enable the purchaser to know prior to using the metal and beyond a preadventure that the flux is present, and another object in view has been to avoid any melting of the flux prior to the final melting at the time the metal is applied to the journal-box in which it is to be used, so that the flux may then possess its full strength and virtue and-,-be in condition to efliciently serve its purpntis' The natureof my invention will-,xbe fully understood from the. description which Igive below and from the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure l is an exterior view of an ingot containing my invention, and Fig. 2 is a central section thereof.

I In said drawings, A represents the Babbitt metal, which I prefer to cast in spherical form, as that formpresentsmo ends, sharp angles, or corners which are liable to be dented, broken off, or marred in handling or transportation. The ingotphowever, may be shaped Serial No. 646,311. (No modeh) in any of the usual forms. At the time the ingot is molded into shape a recess C is formed therein in any suitable way, such recess extending from the outer surface toward the center of the ingot. In this recess a sufficient quantity of unmelted fiuxing material B is placed and is then confined therein by pooring in or plugging with other Babbitt metal D suflic'ient to cover the flux and, if desired, to fill up the recess even with the outer surface of the ingot, so that the ingot then contains at its center a body of unmelted fluxing material suliicient when the ingot is melted to give a proper flow to all the metal embodied in it.

If a purchaser of the ingot is doubtful of the presence of the flux, he has only to bore into or break open the ing'ot to satisfy himself, or he will be able to detect it at the time of melting. The flux also will .be more elficacions than it would be if melted and incorporated with the metal at the time the latter ismolded into merchantable shape.

While I do not limit my invention to the employment of any particular kind of flux, I find suitable fluxes to be rosin and sal-ammoniac, mixtures of the two, or the said substances with other usual or suitable ingredients.

1. The Babbitt-metal ingot provided with a recess Q, a body of flux adapted to be melted and cast with the ingot and placed in said recess, andia plugging not Babbitt closing said recess, and completing the inclosur'e of the flux, substantially as specified.

\ 2. A Babbitt-metal ingot prepared and ready for being bodily melted, having an internal recess, a body of flux adapted to be melted and cast with the ingot,situated within said recess and having its outer snrface'below ,7 

